Los Alisos Intermediate

Public middle school, grades 7 to 8 · Mission Viejo, California

Los Alisos Intermediate in Mission Viejo, California enrolled 595 students in 2024-25 with 29.0 full-time teachers, 20.5 students per teacher against the California middle-school median of 21.0. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 46% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 28% proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 45% and 34.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 9% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 6%

656 students in 2022-23, 611 students in 2023-24, 595 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 30.8 to 29.0.

Students enrolled at Los Alisos Intermediate by school year2022-23: 656, 2023-24: 611, 2024-25: 59502004006008002022-236562023-246112024-25595
Students enrolled at Los Alisos Intermediate by school year2022-23: 656, 2023-24: 611, 2024-25: 59502004006008002022-236562023-246112024-25595
Students enrolled at Los Alisos Intermediate by school year2022-23: 656, 2023-24: 611, 2024-25: 59502004006008002022-236562023-246112024-25595
Students enrolled at Los Alisos Intermediate by school year2022-23: 656, 2023-24: 611, 2024-25: 59502004006008002022-236562023-246112024-25595
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2365630.821.3
2023-2461130.320.2
2024-2559529.020.5

20.5 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 57 of every 100 California middle schools

Among the 1,353 California middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 21.0; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, California middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.1 to 52.3; This school 20.5; state median 21.0.3 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 20.5state median 21.0U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, California middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.1 to 52.3; This school 20.5; state median 21.0.3 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 20.5state median 21.0U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, California middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.1 to 52.3; This school 20.5; state median 21.0.3 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 20.5state median 21.0U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, California middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.1 to 52.3; This school 20.5; state median 21.0.3 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 20.5state median 21.0U.S. 14.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

One counselor per 727 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Los Alisos Intermediate enrolled 727 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 20 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 727 of the 727 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions20
  • Chronically absent19.7% (2022-23)

Who attends

72.3% of students were Hispanic, 15.7% White, 7.9% Asian in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic72.3%
  2. White15.7%
  3. Asian7.9%
  4. Two or more races3.5%
  5. Black0.3%
  6. American Indian0.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Los Alisos Intermediate scored proficient or above: 46% in reading in 2021-22 and 28% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtCalifornia
Reading and language arts, 2021-2246%58%45%
Math, 2022-2328%51% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Middle schools in Mission Viejo

4 public middle schools in Mission Viejo report 2024-25 enrollment; Los Alisos Intermediate is number 3 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Newhart Middle1,10521.623.9%
La Paz Intermediate71321.826.9%
Los Alisos Intermediate59520.562.4%
Carl Hankey Middle18115.738.7%

All public schools in Mission Viejo →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Los Alisos Intermediate

  1. Serrano IntermediateThe nearest public middle school, 1.4 miles away: 868 students, 22.3 per teacher (2024-25).1.4 mi
  2. La Paz IntermediateThe next nearest public middle school, 1.9 miles away: 713 students, 21.8 per teacher (2024-25).1.9 mi
  3. Compare Los Alisos Intermediate with Serrano IntermediateStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Saddleback Valley Unified spends per student$15,515 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$15,515
  5. The largest public schools in CaliforniaLos Alisos Intermediate is the number 764 by size of 1,363 California middle schools open in 2024-25.#764 of 1,363
  6. California schools by students per teacher20.5 students per teacher here against the California median of 21.0 for middle schools.20.5:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Los Alisos Intermediate

  1. How many students attend Los Alisos Intermediate?
    595 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 656 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Mission Viejo, CA.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Los Alisos Intermediate?
    20.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for middle schools is 21.0. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Los Alisos Intermediate a Title I school?
    Los Alisos Intermediate has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.
  4. How do students at Los Alisos Intermediate do on state tests?
    The students tested at Los Alisos Intermediate scored proficient or above: 46% in reading in 2021-22 and 28% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Los Alisos Intermediate in?
    Saddleback Valley Unified, NCES district ID 0633860. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 063386005306 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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